Description
CGI.pm module before 3.63 for Perl does not properly escape newlines in (1) Set-Cookie or (2) P3P headers, which might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary headers into responses from applications that use CGI.pm.
Published: 2012-11-21
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 1.7% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2586-1 perl security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2587-1 libcgi-pm-perl security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-5418 CGI.pm module before 3.63 for Perl does not properly escape newlines in (1) Set-Cookie or (2) P3P headers, which might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary headers into responses from applications that use CGI.pm.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1643-1 Perl vulnerabilities
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Andy Armstrong Cgi.pm
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:05:47.348Z

Reserved: 2012-10-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-5526

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-11-21T23:55:02.367

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-5526

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-11-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-5526 - Bugzilla

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